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Campus Climate Challenge

New Voters Project

Higher Education

Hunger & Homelessness

Consumer Program

Reports

Energy Reports

A New Energy Future: The Benefits of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for Cutting America’s Use of Fossil Fuels
Feeling the Heat: Global Warming and Rising Temperatures in the United States
Rising to the Challenge: Six Steps to Cut Global Warming Pollution in the United States
The Carbon Boom: National and State Trends in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Since 1960
New Energy for Campuses: Energy Saving Policies for Colleges and Universities
Solutions to America’s Oil Crisis: A Federal Agenda for Reducing Oil Demand and Protecting Consumers
Saving America’s Arctic: Dispelling Myths about Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
ExxonMobil Exposed: More Drilling, More Global Warming, More Oil Dependence
Cars and Global Warming: Policy Options for Washington to Reduce Global Warming from Pollution from Cars and Light Trucks
Going Nowhere: The Price Consumers Pay for Stalled Fuel Economy Policies

Affordable Textbooks Reports

Exposing the Textbook Industry: How Publishers’ Pricing Tactics Drive Up the Cost of College Textbooks
Required Reading: A Look at the Worst Publishing Tactics at Work
Textbooks for the 21st Century: A Guide to Free and Low Cost Textbooks
Limited Knowledge: How The High Cost Of Academic Journals Limits Public Access To Research
Rip-off 101: How The Current Practices Of The Textbook Industry Drive Up The Cost Of College Textbooks

Higher Education Reports

Cutting Interest Rates, Lowering Student Debt: An Analysis of the Congressional Proposal to Cut Student Loan Interest Rates in Half
Paying Back, Not Giving Back: Student Debt's Negative Impact on Public Service Career Opportunities
Easy Money: How Congress Could Increase Federal Student Aid Funding at No Additional Cost to Taxpayers
Private Loans: Who's Borrowing and Why? Private Label Borrowing by Students Outside of the Federal Loan Programs
Lending A Hand: A Report On The Lobbying Expenditures and Political Contributions of the Five Largest Student Loan Corporations
At What Cost? The Price That Working Students Pay For A College Education
The Burden Of Borrowing: A Report On the Rising Rates of Student Loan Debt

Clean Air and Water Reports

Troubled Waters: An Analysis of Clean Water Act Compliance
Plagued by Pollution: Unsafe Levels of Soot Pollution in 2004
Made in the U.S.A.: Power Plants and Mercury Pollution Across the Country
Take Back Washington's Waters: The Failure of the Clean Water Act in Washington and What We Can Do About It
Danger in the Air: Unhealthy Levels of Air Pollution in 2003
Lethal Legacy: A Comprehensive Look At America's Dirtiest Power Plants
Fishing for Trouble: How Toxic Mercury Contaminates Our Waterways and Threatens Recreational Fishing
In Gross Violation: How Polluters Are Flooding America's Waterways With Toxic Chemicals

Consumer Reports

Paying the Price: The High Cost of Prescription Drugs for Uninsured Americans
Mistakes Do Happen: A Look at Errors in Consumer Credit Reports
Spring Broke: How to Avoid a Spring Break Ripoff
Deflate Your Rate: How To Lower Your Credit Card APR
The Credit Card Trap: How To Spot It, How To Avoid It

Democracy Reports

Raising the Limits: A Bad Bet for Campaign Finance Reform
Look Who's Not Coming to Washington: Qualified Candidates Shut Out by Big Money
Toward a Small Donor Democracy: The Past and Future of Incentives for Small Political Contributions

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